Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, And Documents To Leutnant Karl Friedrich GTRexclude This is a fine quality

This is a fine quality stainless steel Kriegsmarine Mess Hall Spoon manufactured by Oxydex Rostfrei (Oxydex Rust-Free)

surrounded by a laurel wreath with an “R” for “Reiter” (German - Equestrian) on the bottom

Footnote: The order was established with a decree of the Knyaz on May 19

and signed in blue ink by Knight’s Cross recipient Captain and Squadron Leader Heinz Lange (1917–2006)

1914 in Toronto and listed his trade as Labourer

Germany, Heer. A 1939 Iron Cross, Ii Class, And Documents To Leutnant Karl Friedrich GTRexclude This is a fine quality(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiere). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring 43. 5 mm (w) x 47. 5